Jennifer Lawrence’s “Mystery Man” Is Producer Gene Stupnitsky

This morning, Daily Mail reported that Jennifer Lawrence was photographed out “on a date” with a “mystery guy.” The photos were grainy and while she and her guy friend were physically close, there was no PDA. Daily Mail speculated it could’ve still been romantic—Lawrence was laughing in one shot!—but maybe her self-professed germaphobe tendency held her back. Sure, that’s one theory, but the reality is it was more likely a friendly or business outing because the mystery guy is 40-year-old producer and writer Gene Stupnitsky. It’s very plausible the two were getting together for a work-related meeting.

Lawrence, of course, is super single. “I am making it clear that I have not had sex in a very long time,” she told Howard Stern last month. “I would like to have a relationship, you know. It is hard out there.” That being said, she does have a history of mixing business with pleasure. See: Darren Aronofsky and mother! and Nicholas Hoult and X-Men First Class.

Regarding her public flirting with men, Lawrence told Stern, “I am all bark and no bite. I always talk like I want dick, but the truth is when I look back at my sexual past it was always with boyfriends. I talk like I like it, but I don’t really do it. I am mostly also a germaphobe. I have made it this far without an STI. Dick is dangerous.”